Carmen Lind Pettersen

Carmen Lind Pettersen was a Guatemalan painter known for her watercolors of the landscape and traditional costumes of Guatemala, as well as her book, the most complete reference work on the textiles of the Guatemalan high plateau. Her works were often listed in guidebooks for the country and in 1976, she was awarded the Order of the Quetzal for her artistic merit. Some of her paintings are in the permanent collection of the Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Textiles and Clothing.